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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does Canada Compare

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01-Jul-2009

Total health spending accounted for 10.1% of GDP in Canada in 2007, more than one percentage point higher than the average of 8.9% in OECD countries.

A System of Health Accounts: Implementation - Canada

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12-Jan-2009

Information on the status of implementation of OECD's A System of Health Accounts in Canada.

International Mobility of Health Professionals and Health Workforce Management in Canada: Myths and Realities

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16-Oct-2008

Jean-Christophe Dumont, Pascal Zurn, Jody Church and Christine Le Thi

This report (Health Working Paper No. 40) examines the role played by immigrant health workers in the Canadian health workforce but also the interactions between migration policies and education and health workforce management
policies.

Water: an Under-Delivered Promise

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10-Jun-2008

In his speech delivered at the Conference of Montreal, Angel Gurría underlined that growing pressures from agriculture, energy production and industries were imperilling our water resources. He affirmed ...

Current Developments in Manufactured Nanomaterials in Canada

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14-Apr-2008

This paper, which was submitted by the Canadian delegation, shows the current developments in nanotechnology in Canada, given at the 3rd Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, held ...

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Improving Co-ordination between Environmental and Health Policies: Final Report

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05-Mar-2007

The report provides evidence-based recommendations to improve policy co-ordination between environment and health. It incluses case studies on Canada, France and the United Kingdom to better understand the existing level of co-ordination between environmental and health policies.

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada (Health Working Paper No. 24)

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22-Dec-2006

Valérie Paris and Elizabeth Docteur

The OECD has released an OECD Health Working Paper (No. 24) from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada.